re: #210 Charleston Chew

I was in NYC for both 9/11 and the 2003 blackout, and folks wondered at first whether terrorists had taken out the grid (that was one of many potential threats - and still is). People were still reeling from the attacks and were on edge - and this was just a few months after the US invaded Iraq too.

But from where I was, I saw people trying to make the best of a bad situation and doing what they could to help others who were in the same situation.